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Could the Red Sox pry a decent package out of the Dodgers by just threatening to let the claims stand on both players? Beckett is owed $34 million after this season, and the Red Sox could well just want to be rid of that. Gonzalez had more perceived value, but also a much larger (and longer) contract.
Anyway, when was the last multi-player blockbuster trade during the waiver period?
Only if the amount of salary picked up is worth as much to the Dodgers as what they'd give up. By making the claim, the Dodgers have shown that Gonzalez is worth his salary to them.
Crazy trade or craziest trade?
@jonmorosi Source: If #Dodgers - #RedSox blockbuster occurs -- and it is "close" -- Boston would send some cash to LA.
Now THAT would be something. The Sox would trade those players and get back the reset button from an LA computer.
(Someone must be messing with Edes.)
Getting rid of Beckett is nice, but I really don't think it is worth selling low on Gonzalez. This contract looked like a steal before the season, at least compared to the other mega deals out there, a bad three months isn't enough to give up on him.
IOW, good work new Red Sox administration! If this happens (and I am sure it won't because it would just be too awesome), I look forward to only being worried about Tampa, Baltimore and Toronto over the next few years.
But throw in Crawford's contract, too, and it gets interesting from the Red Sox, POV. That's a lot of dead weight off the payroll.
That's true, but Crawford could conceivably be good again in the future once he is healthy. And the Sox are kicking in cash. Dumping a franchise first baseman to unload salary seems like a waste. And dumping a guy like A-Gon at the absolute nadir of his value just seems like a mistake.
For a team that is supposed to compete annually, this is a bizarre move and they aren't going to be able to just reload at first.
Is there another Anderson who plays first base?
Anderson is gone - not that he'd be a real solution anyway. They could probably sign the corpses of Berkman or Reynolds or something although I guess that's pretty much the equivalent of punting.
Forgot about that. Adam LaRoche has some kind of option after the season, so he might be available.
I wouldn't do it. I'd let Beckett go and trade Punto for anything and keep the other two.
I'm only reconciled to this if they trade Henry and Lucchino as well as the players.
Does anyone think Beckett would be crazy enough to block the claim to LA? Why would he do that?
A-Gon's poster is being taken down at Fenway.
Can you imagine someone claiming him?
Wouldn't a planned deal without Beckett make sense here?
I think the Sox are more likely to go after trades than signings -- Hamilton won't make sense, doubt Jackson, probably not Greinke.
So, that means, who: J-Up, Choo...who else might be available?
What a scoop! What I love about twitter is that you can be an hour late to news and you can look like an idiot.
@Sean_McAdam Both James Loney (Dodgers) and Adrian Gonzalez (Red Sox) scratched from respective lineups. Announcement on deal coming soon. #RedSoxTalk
For a second I thought that was who they'd added to the trade! They're really pissed about the Pesky funeral...
Isn't he up for free agency anyway?
I guess he holds a place for the last 40 games.
BBRef says he's 3rd year arb eligible.
Assume he's in the trade to balance the salaries a little bit. The Dodgers won't need him, so the Sox take him and subtract Loney's salary from the cash they'd send LA.
Still deciding how to slander the players on the way out? I kid! I kid because I love!
hahaha yeah, they were just blabbing on about how "it could just be precautionary"
I've got a guy on my Twitter feed who consistently posts big news stories 48 hours late. If it's on purpose, he's a comic genius.
Coming back the day after Tommy John surgery would be gutty (and, no doubt, desired by the Red Sox front office).
These people are UTTERLY incompetent.
2013: $19M
2014: $25M
2015: $20M
2016: $25M
2017: $29M
2018: $10M
Total: $128M
If the Dodgers are paying most of the freight, that's a ######' A trade for the Red Sox. You make that deal and figure out how to spend the money later.
If they do this trade for the manager's sake the tail is really wagging the dog.
Who knows? We'd just be guessing at this point. If Liverpool sign a striker we know what's what, though!
The Blue Jays were on to that one years ago.
They never gave up anything for Wells. Sox gave up prospects (Rizzo) for A-Gone and a pick for Crawford.
Crawford, Gonzalez, Beckett, Punto, and (maybe) cash for Rubby De La Rosa, another "prospect", plus youngish flotsam James Loney, Jerry Sands, Ivan de Jesus.
This looks like a pretty amazing deal.
coke to the guy I named my fantasy league after.
The Dodgers just took on like $250 million in contracts - one of which is good. Boston should not have dumped A-Gon, but if it gets you out from under Crawford and 2 years of Beckett then....
Also, count me in the camp that thinks this cements Bobby-V as the manager and someone who they are willing to go with for the foreseeable future. I don't know why they would come to that conclusion - he makes terrible moves - but damn.
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